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Biography. In 1723, he converted to Roman Catholicism. Charles Louis became the titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck in 1757 after his nephew Colonel Frederick William III died in the Battle of Prague without leaving a male heir. He was appointed field marshal by Czar Peter III of Russia in 1762, but he refused because of his age.
Countess Camille of Rosenborg (born 1972), married Mikael Rosanes, has 3 sons and 1 daughter. iii. Countess Feodora of Rosenborg (born 1975), married Morten Rønnow, has 1 daughter. B. Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), had 1 son; I. Olav V of Norway (1903–1991), had 1 son and 2 daughters; a.
The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens, supporting the cabinet of Minister President Daniel Günther .
That year, however, he ceded the last to his elder brother Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg, who had remained landless until he inherited Norburg in 1624 upon the death of their elder brother, Duke John Adolf. Frederick, however, returned Gravenstein to Philip in 1635 or 1636.
Biography. She was a daughter of Duke John II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545–1622) and his first wife Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1550–1586). Her parents married on 10 August 1568 in Kolding . Elisabeth herself married in 1615, to Duke Bogislaw of Pomerania. They resided in Rügenwalde and after 1625 in Stettin.
After John's death in 1622 the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg was divided among his six male heirs and new sub-duchies were formed; one of which was the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön. Residence of the Dukes of Plön. The first duke of this line was Joachim Ernest of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön, the second youngest son of Duke John.
Frederick Charles was born on August 4, 1706, at Sønderborg castle, the posthumous and only son of Christian Charles (1674–1706), a brother of Duke Joachim Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. That duke died in 1722 without closer male heirs than his nephew, who in time succeeded his uncle as partitioned-off duke of Schleswig ...
